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British Caledonian at 50.....
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:34 am
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Yesterday, 30 November, was the 50th anniversary of British Caledonian becoming an airline. This advert was issued on the 10th anniversary in 1980...
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Yes...B Cal...never heard of them being from Australia...until seeing them in the mid 8's when I first ended up at Gatwick...but back then there was...
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Last post by EA01
Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:22 am
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BOAC in the old days
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Bergerie 1 » Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:19 am
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Do you remember the days when airline flying was glamorous, people dressed up to travel and airports were pleasant places to visit? Must be getting...
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Living in Singapore, the non-aviation telephonists used geographical names, B for Brazil, M for Minnesota, F for France, S for Sydney etc. Novel !...
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Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:44 pm
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Last post by EA01
Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:36 am
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You're Too Late
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:55 am
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Qantas puts former 747 bar carts on sale
Qantas puts former 747 bar carts on sale
(CNN) — Qantas may have retired its Boeing 747 fleet, but for...
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Apart from the 100th Anniversary key ring made from a retired 747 that was given to all serving staff BA have done the square root of f**k all with...
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Last post by Woody
Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:13 am
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Orkney Aviation Festival
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ricardian » Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:42 pm
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55 years of the Britten-Norman Islander .
Comment by someone living on North Ronaldsay:
A fascinating talk on 55 years of the Britten-Norman...
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......but it would be great to put Twatt in my logbook!
Always wanted that as well, I flew by it several times! My boss from the late 60's flew one...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:32 pm
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Last post by tango15
Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:36 pm
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QF Farewell the 747
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EA01 » Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:22 am
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Drove down to Surfers Paradise beach today to watch the 'joy flight', farewell of QANTAS 747-438 (VH-OEJ),.... and what a sight it was! :) ....down...
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I was mentally reminiscing the many hours spent on the 747, when I realised that my last trip on one was with Iberia!
What a low point to go out on...
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Last post by ian16th
Wed Jul 15, 2020 12:09 pm
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31 years ago
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ricardian » Sat Dec 21, 2019 1:16 pm
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Lockerbie
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He was almost certainly guilty of something.
The only concern I have is the waste of taxpayers' money.
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Last post by Capetonian
Tue May 05, 2020 12:11 pm
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Dan at Man
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Ibbie » Sun May 03, 2020 9:48 am
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Thought some of you might like to have a read at this article by The Aviation Society at Manchester:
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An amzingly modest consumption!!
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Last post by Boac
Mon May 04, 2020 2:17 pm
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Would one go back to airline flying?
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by Slasher » Tue Oct 01, 2019 7:56 am
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In TRABB I mentioned I sat next to a fellow retiree on my way to HKG last night.
We talked about why we retired. He quit at 54 because he’d had a...
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Yes, my grandson showed interest after I had let him fly me around a bit at that age, but being 12,000 nm. away doesn’t help and he is drifting...
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Last post by ExSp33db1rd
Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:58 am
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Sioux City DC10 Captain Has Died
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FD2 » Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:29 am
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Al Haynes, captain of the United Airlines DC10 which crash landed at Sioux City Airport has died. A subject discussed during CRM courses for many...
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The 1972 BEA Trident crash at Staines was also cited in courses, but as an illustration of the way a flight should not be conducted. Apparently the...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:19 am
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Harry Goodman -Air Europe
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Ibbie » Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:54 am
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The man who brought us Air Europe, together with package holiday companies Enterprise, Intasun and Club 18-30 in the International Leisure Group,...
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I had the experience in Air Europe of flying to Jersey in the Capt seat when I was an F/O and flying back to Gatwick in the F/O seat as a Capt.
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Last post by Fatzdaddio
Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:39 pm
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British Island Airways
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om15 » Sat Jan 09, 2016 5:57 pm
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Does anyone have connections or memories of British Island Airways? this was my first civilian job, I joined in June 1979 at Blackpool as an airframe...
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I flew BAC 1-11 with BIA and had great life experiences flying with people who mostly were nice and tolerant ..important for me !!
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Last post by Fatzdaddio
Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:33 pm
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Last post by ian16th
Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:47 am
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Last post by Capetonian
Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:20 pm
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From biplanes to Concorde
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Capetonian » Sat Jul 14, 2018 5:15 am
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Some excellent photos in this one. Usual DM inaccuracies, for example :
A BEA Viscount 800 receiving its passengers. The Viscount is the most...
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Here’s G-BNLY repainted back into LANDOR livery
Operating BA211 to Miami from T3, nearly 2 hours late :((
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Last post by Woody
Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:54 pm
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High Performance Passenger Airliners
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by Slasher » Sat Nov 17, 2018 1:09 pm
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Nice one Plum! 👍🏻
I'd been on the DC9-30 for about a year when my arse got strapped to the 72. The DC9 was a real leather jacket 'n bitchpad machine...
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The 727 was definitely not a high altitude aircraft, the engines were not powerful enough which left you staggering for height if you pushed it too...
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Last post by boing
Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:49 pm
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PIA
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Wodrick » Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:10 pm
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The mention of AI and PIA above got one to reminiscing.
A few years ago I am running the Line Engineering shift at Manchester, we've done the...
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In the early sixties i was joining a ship in the Persian Gulf,when i received my flight tickets i was disappointed to find i was flying PIA to...
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Last post by 1DC
Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:28 pm
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Best and worst airline experience
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Rwy in Sight » Sun Feb 14, 2016 10:17 pm
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We discussed which airlines would like to see back and how about if we discuss which airline flight we would remember as best and which one as worst....
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I have been fortunate with two Bests , and to date no significant Worst airline experience.
Best 1:
Very late December 1965, and booked on British...
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Last post by 603DX
Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:34 pm
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How it used to be???
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ian16th » Mon Jun 27, 2016 3:42 pm
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Civillian Flying in the 50's
All my flying in the 50's was restricted to:
Avro Anson
Handley Page Hastings
Vickers Varsity
Blackburn Beverley
So I...
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I have a moonboot in the garage, from when I broke my left ankle, and a pair of crutches.
Now what wording does the Dr's note require?
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Last post by ian16th
Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:24 pm
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sat Jun 04, 2016 5:24 pm
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why can't airlines get the seats right?
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dubbleyew eight » Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:58 pm
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I flew on Jetstar from Perth to Singapore 5 1/2 hours thereabouts.
then Singapore to Bangkok 2 1/2 hours thereabouts.
I couldnt believe how bad the...
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Jet Star - says it all really. Flew with them once as it was the only reasonable connecting flight back to Perth. Never again.
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Last post by Sisemen
Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:03 am
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Norwegian Expedition
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Firefly » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:35 pm
If anyone happens to know a Captain Donohoe from Norwegian, tell him the frequent flying PG pilot in seat 8A thought the sideways taxi off stand in...
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Last post by Firefly
Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:35 pm
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Air India adjusts weight
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probes » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:11 pm
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An Air India official told the BBC that the order had been made on the basis of a document issued by the civil aviation authority last year.
The...
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Commenting on a grossly overweight QANTAS hostie got me the permanent ban from TOP :ymdevil:
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Last post by Sisemen
Sun Nov 22, 2015 6:25 am
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Why airlines are failing?
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Rwy in Sight » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:16 pm
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I wanted to start a thread after a very active member decided to leave the sand pit. There was a feeling that there are some signs showing an airline...
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Lockerbie was a mixed case. Pan Am to an extend was the target for being a major American carrier and there was a recession between the bombing and...
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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Sun Nov 08, 2015 4:28 pm
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